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5 The Altar of the Flaming God
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It was at the moment that Tarzan turned from the closed door to pursue his way to the outer world. The thing came without warning. One instant all was quiet and stability—the next, and the world rocked, the tortured sides of the narrow passageway split and crumbled1, great blocks of granite2, dislodged from the ceiling, tumbled into the narrow way, choking it, and the walls bent3 inward upon the wreckage4. Beneath the blow of a fragment of the roof, Tarzan staggered back against the door to the treasure room, his weight pushed it open and his body rolled inward upon the floor.
In the great apartment where the treasure lay less damage was wrought5 by the earthquake. A few ingots toppled from the higher tiers, a single piece of the rocky ceiling splintered off and crashed downward to the floor, and the walls cracked, though they did not collapse6.
There was but the single shock, no other followed to complete the damage undertaken by the first. Werper, thrown to his length by the suddenness and violence of the disturbance7, staggered to his feet when he found himself unhurt. Groping his way toward the far end of the chamber8, he sought the candle which Tarzan had left stuck in its own wax upon the protruding9 end of an ingot.
By striking numerous matches the Belgian at last found what he sought, and when, a moment later, the sickly rays relieved the Stygian darkness about him, he breathed a nervous sigh of relief, for the impenetrable gloom had accentuated10 the terrors of his situation.
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crumbled
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(把…)弄碎, (使)碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 衰落; 坍塌; 损坏 | |
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vault
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systematic
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ascending
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antiquated
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gulf
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chagrin
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masonry
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烧焦,烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 ); 使(植物)枯萎,把…晒枯; 高速行驶; 枯焦 | |
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(捕猎野兽用的)陷阱( pitfall的名词复数 ); 意想不到的困难,易犯的错误 | |
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unfamiliar
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determined
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proceeding
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attested
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hoarse
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chattering
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gaily
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